Improvement in ch aim-shot



G. P GANSTER.

Projectile.

Patented July 21,

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GEORGE P. GANSTER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN. CHAIN-SHOT.

Specification forming To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE I. GANSIER, of and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chain Shot; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the annexed'drawings, making a part of this specification, in which the same letters refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 shows an external view of the shot with the chains and sub-balls extended. Fig. 2 represents the butt-end of the shot, showing the square pivot-packing and washer. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cut section, showing the arrangement of the shell, chains, sub-balls, pivot, and packing. Fig. 4 is a cut sectionthrough the aperture for the sub-balls, also showing the staple to which the chain is attached.

,A is the shell or case containing the chains when in the gun.

B B are the chains attached to the shot in the center by the means of a staple or in any other convenient way. At each end of the chain-is attached a sub-ball.

O G are sub-balls which are attached to each end of the chain and serve two purposes: first, as a stopple to plug up the aperture in the main shot,- second, as a weight on the end of the chains to keep them extended in their flight through the 'air after being discharged from the gun.

D is the packing, made of india-rubber,

gutta-percha, or any other material capable of being expanded gun.

by the discharge of the part of Letters Patent No. 39,282, dated July 21, led

E is the square pivotat the end of the shot, to which the packing is fitted, thereby caus ing them both to rotate together.

H is the metallic washer, put onto the out side of the packing, to prevent the gun from being fouled by the packing, the washer being stripped, so as to admit the packing to shapeitself to the gun with ease.

I I are the apertures in the side of the shot, into which the chainsB Bare put, and closed up by means of sub-balls O C.

F is the cavity into which the chains are placed previous to being put into the gun.

Operation: After the shot has been made, the chains and sub-balls having been attached, the chains are dropped into the apertures in the side of the shot. The sub-balls are then adjusted into the apertures and a very thin piece of muslin pasted over them,to keep them temporarily in their places. The mode of loading and discharging them from the gun does not differ from any projectile.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

, 1. The shell cast with a cavity in the center, apertures in the sides, and a square pivot on the butt-end of the shot, substantially as described, and for the purposes set-forth. i

2. The combination of the chain and subballs, constructed and arranged as above described.

GEORGE I. GANSTER.

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CHAS. MORBILL, GEOA. F. 13. Conn. 

